Cedar Fire News Releases

FINAL BAER UpdateReleased: 7/4/2016Cedar Creek, AZ – On June 29, significant precipitation fell in the Cedar Creek watershed, approximately that of a 25 year event. This tested the single-row of k-rails in place at the Cemetery....

July 3 Cedar Burned Area Emergency Response UpdateReleased: 7/3/2016 Cedar Creek, AZ – Today and tomorrow, crews will place additional sandbags behind the k-rails by the Red Hillside Cemetery to prevent water from seeping between the rails. When this is finished,...

Cedar Fire and BAER Update June 30Released: 6/30/2016Fire Activity: Fire operations are winding down. Most of the fire resources have been released. The Type 3 IC (incident commander) is being supported by local resources. Recent rain and predicted...

Navajo Interagency Hotshots Treated and ReleasedReleased: 6/29/2016Yesterday, June 28, 2016 at approximately 2:30pm, members of the Navajo Interagency Hotshot Crew were working along a section of uncontained fire line on the west side of the Cedar Fire. It is...

FIRE FIGHTERS DEPLOY FIRE SHELTERS ON THE CEDAR FIREReleased: 6/28/2016Summary: A crew was working near a flare up on the remaining uncontrolled fire line of the Cedar Fire. It is unknown at this time what may have caused a sudden change in fire activity however a...

Cedar Fire Update - June 25, 2016Released: 6/25/2016Crews on the fire made remarkable progress reinforcing the perimeter and securing more areas along the outer perimeter which increased the overall percent containment of the fire to 51%. There are...